Innovation for a steady state: a case for responsible stagnation
摘要
The proponents of responsible innovation (RI) have often opened their discussions with the reassurance that while they are against irresponsible innovation, they are not advocating irresponsible stagnation. In the two-by-two matrix generally used to illustrate this model of innovation, the quadrant for responsible stagnation has so far gone largely unmentioned, let alone explored. This paper draws on existing real-world cases to examine what arguments drawn from ecological economics might contribute to the discussion of RI. It questions the present growth-driven paradigm and asks whether opening the black box of ‘responsible stagnation' might also open the door for a reasoned discussion about resource consumption and pace of development in over-productive or too-risky sectors and technologies, as an intrinsic part of responsible innovation, rather than its opposite.
中文摘要
负责任创新（RI）的支持者在开始讨论时经常保证，尽管他们反对不负责任的创新，但他们并不主张不负责任地停滞不前。在通常用于说明这种创新模式的二乘二矩阵中，迄今为止，责任停滞的象限基本上没有被提及，更不用说被探索了。本文利用现有的现实案例来检验生态经济学中的哪些论点可能有助于RI的讨论。它质疑当前增长驱动的范式，并询问打开“负责任的停滞”的黑匣子是否也可能为理性讨论过度生产或风险过大的部门和技术的资源消耗和发展速度打开大门，这是负责任创新的内在组成部分，而不是相反。
来源智库
Consortium for Science, Policy, and Outcomes (United States)
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